Eyeamok wrote:Simmons25 wrote:
Well there you go. If that doesn't tell you something has happened and that they are shutting Simmons down I don't know what will. Now we have the coach avoiding questions on how Simmons is doing.
Not "when is he coming back"... "what game is he scheduled to play in".... he is refusing to talk about "How has he been doing?".
It was painfully obvious to me when all the updates and instagram photos just suddenly stopped immediately after the foot scan we had something that was being hidden.
This organisation is such a joke.
Will you come back and admit you were wrong and that you overreacted when Simmons does play this season?
Yup I will... but I am 99% certain that will not be happening based on common sense and math.
We are now almost 19 weeks since Simmons had his surgery... 19 friggen weeks... and where are we at now? "Very Basic 1 on 1 with a D-Leaguer" according to Brett Brown who "didn't really wnat to talk about it". So basically he is doing non contact 1 on 1 at about 70%. His foot isn't getting any stronger after 19 weeks... they are just avoiding potential injury at this stage by not playing or training him anywhere near what he is capable of.
So it's not about giving him extra time to heal. It's about holding him out so he can't hurt himself by playing or training. I don't see why that fear suddenly evaporates in a few weeks time.
On top of that Brett Brown said he needs and I quote "More than 5 full practices of 5 on 5 training" before he will be ready to come back... which means anywhere from 6 to 10 full on 5 on 5 training sessions. So lets do some basic math.
He isn't coming back just to play for the last 2-3 weeks of the season... so rule that out. The risk is not worth the almost non existant reward you would get by playing him for only the last 2-3 weeks of the season. So for him to play this year he must be back by around 12th March to get the last 4 weeks (17 games) of the season in... which some would argue is still a waste of time... especially if Embiid is not playing.
So we need him making his debut in exactly 28 days.
Given the fact that it was 32 days ago today that he only just started doing 5 on 0 at about 80% at practice... and in 32 days all he has progressed to at training is "basic 1 on 1" probably going at about 70-80%.... tells me he doesn't have a chance in hell of playing in 28 days based on the current rate of progress the front office have him going at.
Not only that but if he has to complete 7 or 8 or "5 on 5's" before being available.... in only 28 days? LOL! Sorry cannot see it happening unless he starts those 5 on 5's in the next week or so.... which goes against any sort of logic whatsover based on his recovery so far.
He's not playing this year. Never was.
